Re: Re: AIS: Convention weather?

Home again, home again, jiggety jig, is what I used to play with my 
gtrandchildren when we had been somewhere!  This is, after the teasing at the 
York Convention, the infamous Rosalie!  Home, but not unpacked - some things 
still in the car, waiting for someone to haul the stuff out!  Yes, even tho I 
live only 30, maybe 40 min. away in heavy traffic, from the headquarters 
hotel -- I stayed there rather than commuting.  My friends here laugh at my 
"trip"
Mother Nature can really throw a wrench into things! -- In Denver we had 
SNOW, In Oklahoma we had TORNADOS,    In Dallas, I guess it was sensible, but 
in York we had RAIN and more RAIN.  If we were lucky,  we were able to do a 
garden  without precipitation -- then rain until the next place.  The worst 
day was Saturday, but i was lucky/unlucky depending on how you looked at it  
--- I had to come home and  get my  cat from the vet's - he keeps her as a 
courtesy because of her age and a pill a day and doesn't want her exposed to 
other germs -but with the double holiday it was better to take her home - had 
to stay there alone overnight so I could get back for the banquet.   
Originallyh I was sorry to mixx a bus-day --- but I was lucky in the long run 
because it really rained!   Surprisingly enough the gardens looked great, but 
with all that work, it was a shame not to have better weather!  Sterling 
Innerst's iris won the Queen of the Show - Blue Rhythm - But the most 
important was his  making a clean sweep of the Presiden'ts Cup!!  Both the 
2nd, 1t, runners-up and the winner of the Cup!!!  I don't remember that ever 
happening before.  Does anyone know?
2nd was GRUBSWITCHER (sp? - too tired to get up a check!) 1st was BRAZENBERRY 
and the winning iris was  ANVIL OF DARKNESS..
The Cook's Cup (for outside of region):  2nd runner-up was SOMEBODY LOVES ME, 
 1st Runner-up was Kerr's CHRISTIANA BAKER, and the winner was also Kerr's 
QUEEN'S CIRCLE.  They were all deserved winners, and they certainly had a 
hard test of weather!  Anmother iris that was entrancing was one  name for 
our only lady president -- Claire Barr:   named LADY CLAIRE (Joan Roberts, 
the hybridizer)  It was a very different pink and beautiful - introduced  
hoping that Claire would be there to see it, but she wasn't able to come.
The two Judges Training I attended were outstanding.  Sterling Innerst for 
TBs - and Roy Epperson on ETHICS.  Anytime you have a chance to hear either 
of these two, don't miss it!  They have a commanding presence - accustomed to 
giving lectures - have a sense of humor with it - don't pull their punches - 
and there is something for everyone in what they have to say ---- and ETHICS  
 should be a must for every member, whether they are  wanting to be a judge 
or not!.  

I commiserate with those who couldn't attend the convention. It was very 
worthwhile in spite of the rain -- and after all meeting old friends and 
making new ones is also part of it all!.        Rosalie nr Baltimore    zone 
7 where it is forecasted to rain into midweek, - we will need that Ark!   
ryfigge@aol.com

 

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